Wouldn't it be an option to not only publish one's JID on behalf of such a lookup service but also other information meant to be publicly available like a associated buddycloud node e.g.?
Am 07.02.2013 um 01:13 schrieb Tobias Markmann <tmarkm...@googlemail.com>: > Hi, > > We have been working on a new XEP proposal which aims to solve the following > fundermental problem: How to find a JID given some personal information about > the person who owns that JID. Jabber users who've just created their > accounts, need to populate their roster with the people they are usually in > contact with, with as little manual process as possible. > > The proposal is similar to what the BlackBerry does with their PIN or > WhatsApp with phone numbers. However, our proposal's approach is different > because it is more decentralized and general. By making it so, realiability > is increased by not having a single-point-of-failure and it also allows for a > greater pool of directories. > > On the other hand, in spite of its benefits, a decentralized approach proves > to be most challenging in terms of sercurity, privacy, trust, database > maintance and scability. > > We have written a rough draft[1] and we seek suggestions of how to tackle > those problems. > > This is highly experimental work, so nothing is set on stone yet. We would > like to encourage everyone to send us their suggestions about how things > should or shouldn't be done. > > Cheers, > Jef & Tobi > > [1] http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Secure_Distributed_JID_Discovery
